These four learning guides are self-instructional packets for four tasks identified as essential for performance on an entry-level job in mechanical drafting. Each guide is based on a terminal performance objective (task) and 2-4 enabling objectives. For each enabling objective, some or all of these materials may be presented: learning steps…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for a graphic communications course for seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students. The seventh grade section includes eight terminal objectives for a 9-week course and covers the basic fundamentals of photography, bookbinding, and silk screening. The eighth…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the two course sequences of the state's postsecondary-level drafting and design technology program: architectural drafting technology and drafting and design technology. Presented first are a program description and…

This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for two secondary-level courses in drafting: drafting I and II. Presented…

This self-paced student training module on types of drawings and views is one of a number of modules developed for Pre-apprenticeship Phase 1 Training. Purpose of the module is to provide students with a working knowledge of orthographic, pictorial, and isometric drawings and types of lines and to teach students to identify them and understand how…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on designing and making a wood plaque are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings:…

The course has no prerequisites, offers instruction in basic drafting room techniques and procedures, and also covers job opportunities and industrial methods in engineering. The student is introduced to and asked to perform fundamental drafting problems with working drawings, using multiview and auxiliary views and sections. The course also…

The course consists of six instructional blocks totaling 135 clock hours: (1) functional drafting, (2) threads and fasteners, (3) pictorial drawings, (4) introduction to electronic drafting, (5) introduction to piping drafting, and (6) Quinmester posttest. Mastery of skills indicated in Drafting-Basic--9255.01 is a prerequisite. In the functional…

One of a series of curriculum guides prepared for the graphic communications occupations cluster, this guide identifies the essentials of the draftsman trade as recommended by the successful draftsman. An instructional program based upon the implementation of the guide is expected to prepare a student to adequately perform entry level tasks…

These instructional materials provide eight lessons on print reading as applied to the machine shop course. Introductory materials include a list of the objectives and activities for each competency, a list of references, a student progress record, and a keyed copy of a pretest. The lessons cover the role of technical drawing in society;…

Developed during a project designed to provide continuous, performance-based vocational training at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this instructional guide is intended to help teachers implement a laterally and vertically articulated secondary level drafting II program. Introductory materials include a description of Drafting II,…

This self-paced student training module on scaling and dimensioning is one of a number of modules developed for Pre-apprenticeship Phase 1 Training. Purpose of the module is to teach students the concepts of scales and dimensions, their symbols, and how they are applied in reading and drawing blueprints. The module may contain some or all of the…

The course introduces the student to working welding drawings, both detail and assembly, as related to all fields of drafting and structural drafting, and provides him with the opportunity to work with various types of tools and equipment. Prior to entry in this course, the vocational student must display mastery of the skills indicated in…

The purpose of this project was the development of comprehensive articulation policies and procedures in three instructional areas common to Greenville Technical College and the Greenville County School System. The areas were Machine Tool Technology/Machine Shop, Engineering Graphics Technology/Drafting, and Industrial Electricity/Electricity.…

This guide for industrial arts grades 7-9 provides teachers with a curriculum for the subject cluster of graphic communications. An "Overview" section presents the rationale, discusses how the content of the program is related to the developmental stages of the adolescent, describes the structure of the industrial arts program, and lists…